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Parrot refines Zik headphones for cordless, noiseless bliss

Leigh D. StarkMarch 4, 2016

You probably know that the next generation of devices will be cordless, but if Parrot has its way, it will also be noiseless, wireless, and capable of putting you into an audio-loving coma....

Focal shrinks its speakers to sit in your ear with the Sphear

Staff writersAugust 20, 2015

Focal’s speakers tend to attract all sorts of attention, and generally the good kind, which is why it’s so exciting to see a pair of in-earphones to arrive from the French audio engineers....

4.6

Review: Review: Parrot Zik 2.0 wireless headphones

Leigh D. StarkJanuary 19, 2015

Parrot’s wireless headphones return, proudly proclaimed as “the world’s most advanced headphones” and packing so much of a walloping, it’s hard not to be impressed by what’s on offer....

Parrot’s gardening gadgets grow in 2015 with two additions

Leigh D. StarkJanuary 6, 2015

The green thumb in your family will have a new reason to geek it up this year, as Parrot’s Flower Power is joined by two newbies to monitor your veggie patch....

Parrot updates Zik wireless headphones with artist-designed dynamic sound

Leigh D. StarkNovember 11, 2014

Musicians rarely get an influence on how headphones interpret their music, but a new pair from Parrot could fix that on an album by album basis....

4.7

Review: Audio awesomeness: Aedle’s VK-1 headphones reviewed

Leigh D. StarkMay 30, 2014

People who love their sound like they love their children won’t probably bat an eyelid at spending serious dough for seriously good headphones, and Aedle’s VK-1 hopes to twist an arm here and there with some of the loudest cans we’ve ever heard....

Parrot adds new toys to the remote control arsenal

Leigh D. StarkJanuary 8, 2014

French company Parrot started to change the home entertainment world when it made a remote control helicopter you could control with a phone or tablet. This year, it could do it again with two additions....

New Parrot headphones offer ears a taste of the future

Leigh D. StarkJuly 9, 2012

Active noise cancelling technology hasn't really been something you find in full-size wireless headphones, but French innovators Parrot hope to change that with a new pair of cans aimed at cutting the background noise out of any situation....

Parrot updates the AR.Drone, remote control quad-copter goes HD

Leigh D. StarkJanuary 9, 2012

When Parrot launched the RC quad-copter in 2010, we fell in love. Who doesn't want to control a flying machine using their touchscreen smartphone? Over at CES, the French company is making the Drone even better, adding new features to the ultra cool toy....

Withings reworks its WiFi scale for babies and kids

Leigh D. StarkJanuary 9, 2012

The last time we checked out the WiFi Internet Connected Scale, we were a little scared to tweet our weight to the world. In a few months, however, you'll be able to track the health of your children using your iPhone and a new smaller scale....

Parrot launches the first Android car stereo, web connectivity comes to the drive home

Leigh D. StarkAugust 25, 2011

The French company Parrot - responsible for Philippe Starck's WiFi and Bluetooth speakers - has been innovating again, this time with a world first: a car radio that runs on Google's Android operating system....

4.6

Review: Focal Chorus 726V

Thomas BartlettJuly 13, 2011

French loudspeaker maker Focal has one of the most extraordinarily wide ranges of loudspeakers on the market, and most of them are marked by an unusual tweeter design. Called an ‘inverted dome’, the sound-radiating surface is concave rather than convex....